Japan tightens border after Carlos Ghosn fled the country in music case

Japan tightens border controls after former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escaped the country while on bail By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:01 BST, 5 January 2020 | Updated: 08:02 BST, 6 January 2020 Japan said yesterday said it would tighten immigration measures after former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn fled to Lebanon while on bail. … Read more

Serbia sends army to border with Croatia to ‘secure’ three migrants camps holding 1,500

Serbia sends the army to its border with Croatia to ‘secure’ three camps holding 1,500 migrants trying to reach the EU amid claims of ‘harassment’ against local people Serbian Defence Ministry deployed army to a town near the border with Croatia Told to ‘secure’ three migrant camps housing some 1,500 people near Sid President Vucic … Read more

Border Force intercepts 60 migrants crossing English Channel

Another 60 migrants are intercepted by Border Force patrols attempting to cross the English Channel in a single day – taking the total to 555 this year Border forces intercepted the asylum seekers and brought them to Dover, Kent First boat is thought to have made it to English waters shortly before midnight It follows … Read more

Florida sets up border checkpoints to screen travelers from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

Florida is working to set up more highway checkpoints to deter New York, New Jersey and Connecticut travelers from arriving in the Sunshine State as coronavirus cases pass 4,000. Florida Gov Ron DeSantis said Saturday that the screening of travelers on Interstate 95 will be similar to the measure adopted Friday on Interstate 10 to … Read more

France ‘threatened to close border with Britain unless UK brought in coronavirus shutdown measures’

France threatened to close its border with Britain unless it introduced shutdown measures to stop the threat of coronavirus, aides to President Emmanuel Macron claimed tonight. The head of state’s staff said that he called Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday night and told him that unless the situation quickly changed, ‘France would have no other … Read more

French border guards impound trucks filled with 130,000 face masks bound for Britain

French border guards impound trucks filled with 130,000 face masks bound for Britain for NHS workers battling coronavirus After realising what was on board, border guards in France held the truck there Emmanuel Macron’s promised to ‘requisition’ face masks for the French crisis  A truck with hand sanitiser was delayed by authorities on way to … Read more

Australia shuts the border: Non-residents are banned from entering

The Prime Minister has closed Australia’s borders to prevent the spread of coronavirus. From 9pm on Friday night, only Australian permanent residents and citizens will be allowed to enter the country.  Scott Morrison said he made the drastic move because 80 per cent of Australia’s 636 coronavirus cases have come in from abroad.  The ban, … Read more

Russia shuts land borders while New Zealand introduces toughest border restrictions in the world

Russia will close its land borders with Poland and Norway to foreigners to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the country’s prime minister has said. Mikhail Mishustin said the ban will come into force at midnight and apply to all international visitors travelling ‘for professional, private, study or tourist reasons’. It will not … Read more

Guards dress up as GORILLAS to scare off monkeys near India’s border

Guards have dressed up as gorillas to scare off monkeys near India’s border while the country tries to manage a growing population of rampaging macaques.   Footage shows officials on the Indian side of the border wearing gorilla-type costumes and chasing a troop of macaques back to the jungle.  The booming primate population has reached crisis … Read more

EU tells Turkey’s Erdogan to pull migrants back from Greek border if he wants support in Syria

The EU has told Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that if he wants support for his war in Syria, he must first pull an estimated 35,000 migrants back from the Greek border. Erdogan flew into Brussels for talks today aimed at shoring up the shattered 2016 migrant deal, where Turkey would hold back an estimated … Read more